# Maritagium (maritagium)

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## Definition

The money or property which a bride brings into marriage (money or property which was given with a daughter in marriage); the dowry. - In older documents also the payment to the lord of the manor for the marriage of a female, a marriage tax of bondmen. For if the daughter of a vassal left the feudal federation (feudal system or manorialism: the contractual relationship between a lord and his vassals; its basic element was the manor, a self-sufficient country estate, or fief, that was under the control of a lord who enjoyed a variety of rights over it and the peasants attached to it), a labor force was lost. - See bride money, feudal money, wedding money, wreath money, paraphernal money, vocation money. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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